Nocturne

Extended Description and Notes

Swinnerton, Frank. Nocturne. Copyright 1917 by George H. Doran Company. First Edition. Used. Good/NO DJ. Red boards with Gilt Celtic knot design on spine, gilting is still fairly bright. 250 pages. Bright pages. Plot summary: Summary: Jenny and Emmy are two sisters, who live with their 'Pa', now unable to work due to health problems. Jenny works in millinery, augmenting Pa's pension with her low wage and longing for more from life. She is a dreamer, her disappointment in Emmy's bland evening meals causing her to wish for better. Emmy, meanwhile, sees Jenny's escape from the "small houses of Kennington Park" as an adventure in itself... This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it."

Bookseller

Mary Riversong Books (US)

Bookseller's Inventory #

730SwinnertonNocturne

Title

Nocturne

Author

Swinnerton, Frank

Format/Binding

Hardcover

Book Condition

Used - Good

Jacket Condition

No Dust Jacket Included

Quantity Available

1

Edition

First Edition

Publisher

George H. Doran

Place of Publication

NY

Date Published

1917

Pages

250

Size

4 5/8 X 7 1/8

Weight

0.00 lbs

Keywords

Social Sciences, Millinary, pensioner, Retirement, Women's Studies, Science & Industry, Manufacturing, Factory, hats, Family, Parents, Poverty, Kennington Park

Bookseller catalogs

radical literature; women's Studies; Mining and Manufacturing; Health & Wellness; 20th Century Literature;

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Gilt

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First Edition

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Spine

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